Characters: Colonies are attached, encrusting or laminar, unifacial, and may form tiers. A central corallite is sometimes distinguishable; peripheral corallites are exsert and inclined towards the plate margins.
Colour: Tan or dark brown. Septo-costae are cream, often with pale margins.
Similar Species: Lightly calcified Sandalolitha robusta is structurally similar, but is not attached to the substrate.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Taxonomic Note: Apparent confusion with type locality.
Taxonomic References: Veron and Pichon (1980); Hoeksema (1989a); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Veron (1986a); Sheppard and Sheppard (1991); Nishihira and Veron (1995); Turak and DeVantier (2011b);
